Machine for bordering paper.



Patented A'pr. 8, [902f NIL 697,l86.

E. A. WAYT.

MACHINE FOR BORDERING PAPER.

(Applcatinn led Nov. 17, 1900.)

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MACHINE FOR BORDERING PAPER.

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MACHINE Fon saam-:RING PAPER.

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MACHINE FOR BORDERING PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,186, dated April 8, 1902.

Application filed November 17, 1900. Serial No. 36,817. (No model.)

To all whom, t ntay concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. WAYT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines forBordering Paper, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines for bordering paper; and the object thereof is to provide an improved machine of this class for bordering stationery; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a machine of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form apart, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure lis a side elevation of my improved paperbordering machine, one side of the frame being removed and part of the construction being shown in section; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof, part of the construction being broken away; Fig. 3, a partial transverse sectional end view looking toward the front end of the machine, the parts which are shown in section being sectioned substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a side elevation of a detail of the construction which I employ and showing a modification thereof; Fig. 5, a perspective View of another detail of the construction; Fig. 6, a similar view of another detail; Fig. 7, abottom perspective view of the device shown in Fig. 6; and Figs. 8 and 9, a side and bottom plan view, respectively, of another detail of the construction.

In the practice of my invention I provide a main frame consisting of separate side portions, each of which consists of ahorizontal top member 10 and a horizontal bottoln member 11, and the side portions of said frame are connected at their opposite ends by crossplates 12, or said frame may be of any desired construction, and I also provide a supplemental frame consisting of parallel side portions 13, connected by transverse end portions or bars 14, and the rear end of the supplemental frame is hinged to the rear of the main frame at 15 and adapted to be turned backwardly thereon, and the front end of the supplemental frame is adapted to be secured to the main frame at 1G by bolts or in any desired manner.

In the front end of the main frame is mounted a drum 17, and in the rear end thereof a corresponding drum 1S, and between the drums 17 and 1S and arranged at predetermined intervals in the main frame are two rollers 19 an d 20, and passed around the drums 17 and 13 and over the rollers 19 and 20 is an endless belt 21. Mounted inthe opposite ends Voi' the supplemental frame are two drums 22 and 23, the first of which is directly over the roller 2O and the latter preferably directly over the drum 18, and mounted on the drums 22 and 23 are two endless belts 2l, between which is a space 25.

At each side of the main frame and slightly in rear of the roller 2O is arranged a projecting arm 26, on which is placed a slide 27, provided on its lower side with a rib 28, which lits in a corresponding slot in the arm 26, and the under side of said slot is beveled, and fitted therein is a block 29, through which is passed a screw 30, which holds the slide 27 to the arm 26. Placed on each of the slides 27 at each side of the machine and connected with said slides is a framework 3l, (shown detached and on an enlarged scale in Fig. 5,) and this frame consists of a top plate 32 and a bottom plate 33, connected by screws 34, whereby they are adjustable toward and from each other, and the ends of both the plates 32 and 33 adjacent to the main frame are provided with an angular extension 35.

In practice the screws 34: adjacent to the main frame of the machine are each provided with a helical spring 36, placed between the plates 32 and l 33, thus pressing them apart and against the shoulders of the screws 34, and placed between said ends of said plates 32 and 33 or the rectangular extensions 35 thereof and secured one to each of said plates, respectively, are two blocks 37, a top perspective view of one of which is given in Fig. 6 and a bottom perspective view thereof in Fig.I

7. These blocks 37 are oblong and diamondy /shaped, or the sides are parallel and the ends inclined to the sides or diagonal and are placed between the ends of the plates 32 and 33, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the front ends thereof are beveled, as shown at 38, to form an open triangular space, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and the bottom of one block and the top of the other are provided with open recesses 39, the bottom of each of which is inclined upwardly toward one side and is iiush with the edge of said block at said side, the position and form of these recesses 39 when the blocks` are placed together being shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5.

The angular extension 35 of the plates 32 and 33 projects through the sides of the main frame adjacentto the ends of the drum 22, and over the frame, consisting of the plates 32 .and 33are supported inkfreservoirs 40, each of which is provided at its lower end with a curved discharge pipe 41, which passes through the end of the top plate 32 of the fra-me 31 adjacent to the main frame of the 1machine and through the top block 37 into the space 39 between the blocks 37.

Arranged transversely of the main frame and vin `rear of the drum 22 is a bar 41, on which isformed or to which is secured a plate I42wyl1ich extends backwardly and forwardly thereof, and suspended beneath the plate 42 .by ,rneans of screws 43 which pass thereth.1,'0,llghis a similar plate 44, whichtogether withtheplate 42 compose a frame 45 similar tothe frame 31, and between the plates 42 and .44 are placed springs 46. Connected with the bottom of the plate 44 of the frame 45' is aninling-block 47 ,side and bottom plan views ofw-hich aregiven inFigs. 8 and 9, and this block 47 lis diamond shape in form, and in the bettomthereof is a recess 48 of somewhat simila-rformiand one corner of this block-that which is direct forwardly of the machine-- isbeveled on the under side, as shown at 49.

An ink-reservoir 50 is supported over and slightly at the rear of the drum 22 by means of a yekeyshaped frame l51, and said reservoir is provided at its lower end with a pipe 52, which 'extends downwardly through ,the frame 45 andinto the inking-block 47, which is provided-with a hole 52 for this purpose.

1n the drawings forming part of this Speciligation the collars 23fand 23b on the drums 22 and 23 are shown slightly beveled, afs are also the collars 56 on the drums 17 and 18, and the object ofthis invention is toprevent said cellars frein injuring or wearing the edges of .the belts, which are also preferably beveled inthesarne manner, and also to make said belt run more truly and evenly. In theoperation .0f this machine the belts and drums Inovecolnparatively slowly and the belt will riotiurlvi Qf the drums or overthe collars;

but tliebeveling of the collars on the drums and thebeveling of the belts form nopart of this invention, and said collars and belts may bemade in any desired manner or may be of any preferred form in cross-section. I also preferably place rearwardly of lthe drum 18 and of the main frame of the machine a roller 53, which forms part of the support of an endless belt 54, which acts as a table to receive the paper after it has been passed through the machine and bordered thereby, the other roller orsupport of the endless belt 54 being notk shown'.

The operation of the machine will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof. A sheet of paper 55 is placed on the belt 21, as shown in Fig. 1, in front of the drum 22, and the position thereofis regulated in any desired manner, and said sheet of paper is fed backwardly between the drum 22 and the roller 20 and between the belts 2.4 on the drums 22 and 23 and the belt 2l. In this operation the opposite side edges of the sheet of paper pass between the blocks 37 ateach side of the machine, the beveled spaces vat38 facilitating this operation, and in this operation the sides of the sheet of paper adjacent to the edges thereof areinkedor bordered,as shown at 55a in Fig. 2, by the blocks 37, and at the same time a border 55b is formed through the central portion of the sheet by the .inking-block 47, beneath which the paper passes. The blocks 37 border both sides of the sheet at the edges as the sheet passes through the machine, and the block 47 forms a longitudinal strip or border through `the center of the sheet on one side the,re,ofand in folding the sheet it is folded through the center of this strip or border, and after the sheet has been passed through the machine and dried it may be reversed `and passed through again, so as to form the borders on the ends of the sheet, and in this operation the block 47 may be raised by the screws 4 3, so that it will not touch the paper. The frames 31, which carry the inking-block 37, may be adjusted laterally to any desired extent, and a new belt of different widthmay Vbe substituted for the belt 21 whenever desired, it being understood that the widthbf this belt must correspond with thesizeQf the paper to be bordered.

The drums 17 and 18 are .each providedA With collars 56, between which the belt 2,1 moves, and the said belt is of thesametransverse thickness asrsaidccollars, andsaid collars are provided with flanges 5 6?, having holes 56, and the drums are providedwith corresponding holes 56, through Whichrpins or screws are passed, soas toadjust the collars 56 to belts of diiierentwidths.

The dern ms 22and23 are each provided with .end collars .2,3a and with two middlecollars 23h, which hold the belts 24 in position, and the end collars 23a may be adjusted inthe same manner as the collars on the drums `17 and 18,so as tovaccommodate said drnms22 and 23 to belts of different widths.

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When the paper has passed between the belts 2l and 24 and between the drums 1S and 23, it is discharged onto the endless belt 54, by means of which it may be conveyed to any desired point for drying or other purposes.

In the operation of this machine the paper to be bordered is always wider than the belt 2l and only suliicient ink is fed from the reservoirs 4f) and 50 to form the necessary border on the paper as it passes through the machine, and a supplemental sheet or sheets of waste paper may be placed on the belt 2l, in the middle thereof, if necessary, to prevent the said belt from being inked by the inking-block 47 in the operation of the machine; but if the sheets to be bordered be placed close together and follow one another .in proper order there will be no necessity for covering the belt 2l.

The supplemental frame, in which the drums 22 and 23 are mounted, may be turned backwardly on its hinge or pivotal support at l5 whenever necessary or whenever desired either for cleaning the machine or for other purposes, and the bearings of the drum 22 are adjustable toward and from the roller 20 and also slightly longitudinally of the main frame and of the supplemental frame, as shown in dotted lines at 57 in Fig. l.

The drum 1S of the main frame and the drum 23 of the supplemental frame or the shafts of said drum and the shaft of the roller 53 are all geared in connection, as shown at 58 in Fig. 2, and in practice the shaft of one of said drums is provided with a wheel 59, by means of which the machine is operated.

This machine is particularly adapted for use in making borders on what is known as mourning stationery7 and the said machine is simple in construction and operation and is comparatively inexpensive, while being well adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it will be apparent that changesin and modifications of the construction herein described 'may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A machine of the class described, comprising a main trama-drums mounted therein, an endless belt mounted on said drums, a roller positioned between said drums and over which said belt passes, two drums mounted above the main frame one of which is over said roller and the other over one of the drums in the main frame, two endless belts mounted on said last-named drums and separated by a narrow space, inking devices connected with the opposite sides of the main frame rearwardly of said roller and laterally adjustable and another inking device mounted at the rear of said roller and above the same, substantially as shown and described.

2 A machine of the cla-ss described, the

frame of which is provided at its opposite sides with laterally-adj ustable inkin g devices consisting of separate plates between the ends of which are placed inking-blocks,said blocks being provided adjacent to the main frame of the machine with beveled edges which communicate with inking spaces between said blocks, substantially as shown and described.

n frame of which is provided at its opposite sides with laterally-adjustable inking devices consisting of separate plates between the ends of which are placed inking-blocks said blocks being provided adjacent to the main frame of the machine with beveled edges which communicate with inking-spaces between said blocks, and said machine being also provided midway between said iirst-named inking devices with another inking device, substantially as shown and described.

4. A machine of the class described comprising a main oblong frame, drums mounted in the opposite ends of said frame, a roller positioned in said frame between said drums, an endless belt mounted on said drums and passing oversaid roller, a supplemental frame positioned over the main frame andhinged thereto, two drums mounted in the supplemental frame one of which is over said roller, two endless bands mounted on said lastnamed drums, inking devices arranged at the opposite sides of the main frame and rearwardly of said roller and another inking device arranged centrally between the irstnamed inking devices and rearwardly of and above said roller, devices for supplyingink to said inlring devices and means for operating said drums, substantially as shown and described.

5. A machineol:` the class describedV comprising a main oblong frame having drums mounted in the oppositeends thereof and a roller positioned between said drums, an endless belt mounted on said drums and passing over` said roller, a supplemental frame arranged over the main frame and at one end thereof, drums mounted in the opposite ends of the supplemental frame, one of which is over said roller, two endless belts mounted on said last-named drums and separated by a narrow space, said supplemental frame being hinged to the rear end of the main frame, and devices for inking both sides of a sheet of paper at the edges thereof as it is passed through the machine and also for inking one side of the paper at the longitudinal center thereof, substantially as shown and described.

6. A machine of the class described comprising a main oblong frame, drums mounted therein, a roller positioned between said drums, an endless belt mounted on said drums and the upper reach of which passes over said roller, two other drums one of which is mounted over said roller and the other rearwardly thereof over one of the drums in the main o. A machine of the class described, the' IOO IIO

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frame, two separate belts mounted on said last-named drums and separat-ed longitudi nally of vthe center ofl the machine, and dev vices forinking both sides of a sheet of paroller and the drum thereover, substantially as shown and described.

nelly of thecenterof the'machineand inking'devices-mountedrearwardly ofsa'id roller and the drum thereover, and adapted toink both sides of a sheet of paper at the edges: thereof, and alsothe'longitudinalcenter thereof on` one =side-as said sheet is -fed between said=drun1 and said roller, substantially as' shown and f described.

8. In a `machine i o'f vthe .class f described-an inkingrdevice consisting of a'frame composed of Itopand bottom platesand inkingfblocks] secured between yonefend of said platesthey `adjacent surfaces `thereof =being beveled'at onefside, Vand said blocks being providedin their adjacent surfaces wizthfrecesses, and means-'for yfeeding-ink thereto,;substantially asshown and'described.

9. 'In-amachine ofthe classidescribed, an

inkingdevice comprising afframeconsisting of topvandbottomplates connectedfby Iscrews passing therethrough and provided with springs which -separatesaid plates 4and inking-blocks placed between said plates'atfone yend, theadjacentsides of vsaid blocks being ybeveledatone edge and the inner faceslthereof-being provided with recesses and 4means for Efeeding ink tosaidrecesses,- substantially asshownand described.

10. A machine of the-class described, the frame'of which is provided at, its opposite sideswith-projectingsupports,longitudinallyadjustable slides mounted lon said Supports,

inking devices mounted on said slides, an inkingdevicemounted centrally ofthe-frame,

ink-reservoirs for feeding ink tosaid inking Y devices, and means for feeding sheets of paperthroughand betweensaid side inking'devices and beneath the central inking device,

:substantially as shown anddescribed. l

or drums mounted inthe-mainframe and providedwith adj ustablecollars, a belt mountled on-said rollers or drums, rollers or drums .mountedinthe supplementalf-rame and pro- V7. A machine of the class-described corn prising a main frame, anendless beltmouAnt-ly edtherein, a roller over which the'upper reach. ofsaidbelt passes, a sup'plemental-frame-con-.y nected'with the-main frame andprovided withl; two drums one of which is positioned over@ said roller, two endless beltsfmountedonsaid4 last-named drums and separated longitudivided withlend an'd middle collars, two belts `mounted on therollers or drums in the-supplemental frame, and inking devices supportedl infconnection with'the-main and supplemcntal frames and adapted to border a sheetof paper asit is passedl between the rollersfor drums of the -lmain and supplemental frames, substantially as shown and described.

12. A machine oftheclass described, provided with rollers or drums inthebottomfportion thereof, a belt mounted thereon, yother rollers or drumsin thetop thereof provided withjtwo belts separated by a central space,

all'offsaid rollers or drums beingprovided with adj ustable-collars for holding the belts :in properposition, and inking devices at the sides and'topcentralportion of the-machine yfor-bordering a-sheet of paper asit is passed Vbetween the Vbelt on the bottom rollers and `those in the upper portion of the machine,A

substantiallyt asshovvnand described.

13. A machine of the class described, comprising` av main-frame'provided at each ofits opposite ends witha drum, a roller positioned `betweensaid drums, a supplemental frame connected with the mainframe and provided with two drums, oneof which isvover said rolle-r, laterally-adjustable inking devices mounted at the opposite sides ofthe main frame atithe-rea-r of saidroller, and a central `infkingdevice mounted in the supplemental lframe-and'attherear of said roller and at'the rearofthe drumin the-supplemental frame -over'said roller, and belts mounted on the ydrum inithemai'n frame and on the drums in -thesupplemen-tal frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my invention I have signed my name, inv presence of the subscribingwitnesses, this'lth day of November, 1900.

EDWARD A. WAYT.

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